Wednesday, 24 April 2013

The wonderful process of co-working

Isn't it wonderful, where ideas come from? I think they float around in the air and find the nearest head to land in.

So I've no clue who had the notion that Emma Pass and I should write a blogpost together, each post it on our blogs at the same time, and see what happened. We had a quick exchange of tweets - and suddenly there it was - an IDEA - and we both ran off with it, together.

There were emails - what do you think about ... and it was (I can only speak for myself here) FUN! We were collaborating, working together, making our point jointly, and enjoying it. More evidence, if that were needed, that we need not be competitive in our writing.

It reminded me of a recent cricket match I watched - bear with me, it's relevant. The team filled with international players was soundly beaten by one comprised of people I've never heard of. And the commentator noticed that the winning team played as a team, while the others behaved like stars. What a wonderful lesson. We can be stronger when we work together, and risk being prima donnas if we always work alone.

So - thank you, Emma. It was a privilege to work with you. Especially as you must be overwhelmed with everything at the moment - for your book comes out today!!! I hope you have the best day ever!

10 comments:

I have never tried co-writing anything although I used to work closely with graphic designers when copywriting for brochures and they often contributed great ideas. I love working with a team. It's really stimulating and can be very creative. I shall definitely look Emma up now!

I love working with others, especially brainstorming. It's not the same on my own. There are some writing projects that have to be solitary, like your books about your travels, but for creative ideas group work brings out ideas in us that we never knew we had. And that's the magic of writing!

Never tried this!! Sounds fun. The nearest I come to co-writing is me and my Twitter friend Lynn Gerrard letting our imaginations run riot on Twitter!!! I think you'd have to trust the co-writer a lot....